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MO HB1380

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/19/2012

Primary Sponsor

Kurt Bahr

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Property owners' associations cannot enforce or adopt restrictive covenants prohibiting political candidate or ballot item signs on a property owner's property beginning 90 days before an election through 10 days after the election.

  • Associations may still enforce covenants requiring signs to be ground-mounted or limiting property owners to one sign per candidate or ballot item.

  • Associations may prohibit signs that contain building materials, balloons, lights, or are attached to plants, vehicles, or other structures, or that include painted architectural surfaces.

  • Associations may prohibit signs larger than 4 feet by 6 feet, signs that violate laws, signs with offensive content, or signs accompanied by music, sounds, streamers, or other distracting elements.

  • Property owners' associations retain the right to remove signs that violate the permitted restrictive covenants.

Legislative Description

Prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a property owner from placing political yard signs on his or her property

Last Action

Referred: General Laws (H)

3/8/2012

Committee Referrals

General Laws3/8/2012

Full Bill Text

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